8 Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout Instagrams That Prove He's Way Too Fit for His Age

It's going to take more than a bit of open heart surgery to bring down the Austrian Oak. Arnold Schwarzenegger is reportedly "doing much better" after his late-March procedure — a near-death experience that the 70-year-old bodybuilding icon responded to with a damn Terminator quote.

But maybe we shouldn't be surprised Schwarzenegger handled things like such a champ. The Predator star has stayed in fantastic shape decades after he was first crowned Mr. Olympia in 1970. Sure, it was a young Arnie that electrified the U.S. bodybuilding scene with his beachball-sized biceps and unique Pumping Iron charisma — who could forget his thoughts on "the pump"? — but it's the fact that Schwarzenegger still crushes workouts well past his action movie heyday that inspires us to get into the gym every day.

Here are eight times Arnold Schwarzenegger showed guys everywhere how to be way too fit for their age.

When he showed the Arnold Sports Festival he's still got it

You don't put your name on the billboard without still being able to casually deadlift a few truck tires. The Mountain might have set a world record at this year's Arnold Classic, but Schwarzenegger is still the standard.

"I’m grateful for each and every one of you for following my adventures and missions. As a gift, here’s a quick new training montage to inspire you in 2018," Arnold wrote back in December. If the sight of the 70-year-old hitting Gold's Gym for a full body workout — including some impressive back flys, the best exercise for your rear deltoids — didn't propel you into the new year, I'm not sure what would.

When he got in a full day workout with a strongman legend

The image of a 70-year-old Arnold and 76-year-old Franco Columbo — two-time Mr. Olympia and possessor of frightening lung power — riding bikes through California together might be funny if it weren't for the fact they both could definitely still kick your ass.

The day he taught Muscle Beach how its done

In the '70s, Schwarzenegger's appearances at Venice's Muscle Beach helped the ocean-side gym become a vital part of bodybuilding's golden era. When he returned at 70, he had barely lost a step when it came to perfect form, showing the assembled meatheads how to get a proper pump.

That time he was able to throw some classic Arnold trash talk while curling

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The Schwarzenegger introduced to the world in Pumping Iron was as beloved for his endearingly confident shit-talking as he was his 3/4 pose. Some things never change. In 2013, the actor was mid-bicep curl when he gave this golden critique of three-time Mr. Olympia Sergio Olivia.

“I was able to get the big biceps because I always curled with my wrists straight. You see what I’m doing?" he told Muscle & Fitness. "Sergio would curl the wrists up as he lifted the weight. That’s why he had massive forearms, but average biceps. You have to keep your wrists straight.”

Every time Schwarzenegger returns to the Terminator franchise, the question most frequently brought up is whether he can pull off the robot-role that made him a movie star. A dumb question, because he might actually be a machine, as he demonstrated by this early morning workout high above Japan.

"Reporters kept asking how I stay awake on the [Terminator Genisys] worldwide tour," he wrote in 2015. "It's easy — let the iron be the alarm clock."

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